The Latest Breaking News from Court of Appeal

Star Hobson’s mother has sentence for allowing toddler’s death increased

Frankie Smith was originally jailed for eight years at Bradford Crown Court but the Court of Appeal increased it to 12 years.

The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2022

Woman can take Down’s syndrome abortion fight to Court of Appeal

Heidi Crowter will appeal against a ruling which dismissed her challenge to a law which allows abortion up to birth for babies with Down’s Syndrome.

The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2022

A retrial is happening in a police murder case 20 years after the conviction. Two lawyers explain the case

The retrial of Jason Roberts, accused of killing two Melbourne policemen in 1998, is expected to begin this week in Melbourne.

The Conversation · Mar 7, 2022

Welsh Government loses its Court of Appeal challenge to the UK's post-Brexit legislation

The Welsh secretary said the legal challenge was a "waste of time and money" but the Welsh Government plans to appeal

Wales Online · Feb 10, 2022

French court recognises transgender woman as the mother of her child

A court of appeal in the southern French city of Toulouse has just ruled that a woman who was born male should be considered the mother of the child she conceived with her partner before her sex change.

Radio France Internationale · Feb 10, 2022

One in five 'unduly lenient' child sex abuse cases reviewed by Attorney General

The couple who killed schoolboy Arthur Labinjo-Hughes are having their sentences reviewed under the Unduly Lenient Sentences scheme after claims it was too 'lenient'

Daily Mirror · Feb 9, 2022

Attorney General launches review into Unaoil failings at the Serious Fraud Office

Sir David Calvert-Smith - a former director of public prosecutions and a High Court judge - will lead the probe

Insider UK · Feb 9, 2022

Convictions quashed for asylum seekers wrongly jailed for steering dinghies across Channel

Court of Appeal says same ‘error of law’ was seen in 12 cases quashed so far, as more asylum seekers fight convictions

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2022

Levi Bellfield ‘confession’ to Chillenden hammer murders to be formally reviewed

Criminal Cases Review Commission to review any new material and decide whether to refer Michael Stone’s conviction to the Court of Appeal

The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2022

Thomas Calls for Reconsidering New York Times v. Sullivan

Well, it's Judge Bradford Thomas of the Florida Court of Appeal, but still an interesting synthesis of recent criticisms, with some extra analysis added.

Reason · Feb 3, 2022